4.5

Juliana is 4-1/2 now.  One of the ideas I read when Juliana was a baby was to buy a Women's size small t-shirt and take her picture in it once per year until she grows into it.  I decided to take this picture on her half-year birthday (which I can never forget now that it is the day after the boys' birthday).  At 18 months the shirt came down to her ankles and now it is at her knees.  Looking at the 18-months and 2-1/2 pictures reminded me how cute those curls were that are long gone now.

Welcome Spring

The arrival of spring brightened the moods of everyone in Pittsburgh and Juliana is especially happy to be able to run outside without a coat.

She is happy to share her swingset with the boys as long as she occasionally gets a turn.

A Different Salon Experience

Juliana decided that her work bench and tools are now a salon - a full-service salon for hair and nails.  She welcomed my mom as her first customer this week and I was happy to be watching instead of participating.

First Juliana used the power saw to "cut" her hair and the hand saw to trim her bangs.

Then it was time to soak her fingers and toes.

The next step was to clean and trim the nails and the apply some polish. 

Finally it was back to the hair for a special treatment and a pink clip to finish it off.

A few minutes later I heard "Mommy hurry, Ruslan has the bang cutter".

Hair and Nails

Last Friday my mom took Juliana for a manicure - now she has had as many professional manicures as I have had in my life - that would be 1.  My mom was sitting next to Juliana having her nails done as well.

When asked what color she wanted - "Rainbow".  My mom was quick to remind her that she was only allowed to have one color and it needed to be light-colored.  Later she found out that she could have stickers painted on her nails.  She selected pink flowers for one finger on each hand and then butterflys for another finger.  The women couldn't understand her request for butterflys and apparently Juliana thinks that the way you speak to people who are not native English speaking is to talk slowly and loudly - BUT-TER-FLY.  And I guess it worked since she ended up with what she wanted.  We will need to work on her communication skills.

Saturday we went for much needed haircuts.  It was a salon filled weekend.